I'm helping the woman who owns the local mid-century modern shop ID some of her furniture. I'm basically doing web research for her, and other internet functions...and I get a good deal on her furniture.
Anyhoo, she has two dining tables that we're curious if anyone has any information on. The first is an extremely well-made glass and steel table. The table actually separates in the center and has another glass leaf that can be added to extend the dining table. It's the only glass table I've ever seen that can be extended. All the steel edges are perfect...very professionally done...you can't tell there was any kind of welding or anything done, totally seamless. Here are some pics of this table.
This is a pic with just the non-extended table.
This is a pic of the table pulled apart for putting in the glass leaf...we didn't put in the leaf because it weighs a ton, and we were worried about dropping it.
This is a pic of the glass leaf.
This is a pic of one of the corners of the table to show how seamless and professionally-done all the steel aspects of the table are.
Now we have the second dining table we are curious about. This table has had some cosmetic changes to it...mainly the table top. The table top that was on it was round and made of a darker wood, possibly walnut. We are not sure that was the original top or not. The newer smoked glass top actually works much better with the steel base than the wooden top did.
Upper view of the table.
Side view of the table.
Any help would be appreciated. And if more photos are needed just let me know. I would have taken more of the second table, but my camera battery died on me.
And just so you know...
That top table is heavy as hell. That one leaf alone is incredibly heavy. The two sides of the table pull out easily though...so that you can insert the other leaf. But you pretty much need two people to put the leaf in unless your Hercules...otherwise I'd be too scared I'd drop it by myself.
And the chairs were not original to the table. She just already had them in the store, but they work really well with it...I thought they were the original chairs for the table before she told me differently.
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I think you might be right about the base being Osvaldo Borsani. I did some google searches and found some very similar bases that came with wooden tops. This table actually came with a wooden top. It was replaced with a smoked glass top because the wooden top was in extremely bad condition.
And while I did not find that exact extending table by Milo Baughman, I did find a couple examples of extending glass tables that he did that resemble this one quite closely. So you might be right on with that ID also.
Thanks
i think one of the table...
i think one of the tables could be Borsani but that first one is no way milo Baughman
His name is like Kleenex every thing with shiny chrome is attributed to him
I think it is a Italian company from the 80s that made that table I have seen it in a home in NYC last summer just like it is , with the leaf extensions i thought it was cool and different
some would say Pace, but that table was made in the 80s 90s
Hmmm...
I wasn't sure about Baughman being the designer, but in my internet research, he did design some very similar tables. I found an oval one by Baughman that looks exactly like it except for the shape. And I found another that's the exact same but with a slightly different base (combo of nickel-plated and black). I'll keep doing research on it.
The upper table I'm pretty sure is by Borsani. I found several examples of the exact same table with the wooden top that orignally came with this table. So it is either a Borsani or a very good knock-off of his work.
you gotta get the original top back on......
for your borsani table. i bet it is the real one. compare proportions...
the thayer coggin table has almost generic style that was heavely employed in the 80"s, but check "highrisemodern.com" for proportions as it is definately nickle plated baughman for thayer coggin 1970's design.
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Here is a very similar, if not the same, table marked De Sede
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DE-SEDE-GLASS-CHROME-TABLE-1970s-70s-RETRO-60s-196...
Hmmm...
I really think the second table is the Borsani. It came with a wood top that looks alot like the oned I've seen in the pics of his tables. The reason she took the wood top off was that it was in very poor condition. It had been dropped during a move and had a large crack in it. The top wasn't really salvageable. She opted to have a smoked glass top made to replace it rather than another wood top.
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